Alabama natives Jamey Johnson and Riley Green have teamed up for the new song “Smoke,” co-written by Johnson, Green along with Erik Dylan.

Johnson and Green attended the same college (Jacksonville State) and share a deep love of Alabama and its people. “There’s a natural connection with us there. I was immediately impressed with his writing and singing.”

Johnson says of the song: “It was Riley’s idea He called me and we booked some time to get together with Erik Dylan. We sat down and scribbled it out over the course of about an hour. It has an interesting sound to it, with one part going down while the other part is going up. I like the whole concept of this guy not being too upset about whatever she is mad at. That smoke probably has a lot to do with it.”

Green and Johnson recorded “Smoke” at The Cash Cabin and Big Gassed Studios, which was produced by Kyle Lehning and Jim “Moose” Brown. Johnson previously worked with Lehning on a Randy Travis tribute record, this was the first time the two worked together from start to finish on one of his songs.  He shared: “It was just a blast getting to write with Riley and Erik and a great song to get to record with Kyle and Moose at the helm.”

While the duo have previously performed live together, “Smoke” marks the first recording they have created together. Green shares: “Writing this song with Jamey was a lot of fun. After spending time on the road together earlier this year, it just felt natural to get in the studio and make some country music together.”

Johnson adds: “One of my favorite things about Riley is his sense of humor, and he can take it as much as he dishes it out, so that’s why we are always hurling comments at each other. Recently, when one of the videos caught some traction, I felt bad about it. You don’t hear him giving me crap. You just hear me messing with him and it’s not a good look, so I had to call and apologize for that!””

Stream ‘Smoke’ – HERE.

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